| Janine Whitlock | |
| Nationality: | English |
| Birth Date: | 11 August 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Dewsbury, West Yorkshire |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Club: | Trafford AC |
Janine Whitlock (born 11 August 1973) is an English pole vaulter.
She represented England in the pole vault event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1] [2] [3] Two years later she represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[4]
Her personal best is 4.47 metres, achieved in July 2005 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, in the same meet that Yelena Isinbayeva became the first woman to clear 5 metres.[5]
In 2002 Whitlock was found guilty of methandienone doping. The sample was delivered on 16 June 2002 during the English Commonwealth Games trials. She received a suspension from July 2002 to July 2004.[6]
| Representing and | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 4th | ||
| 1999 | Maebashi, Japan | 12th | ||
| 2000 | Sydney, Australia | 20th | ||
| 2001 | Edmonton, Canada | 9th | ||
| 2005 | Madrid, Spain | 9th | ||
| Helsinki, Finland | 14th | |||